G. P. Wickramarachchi

Pandit G. P. Wickramarachchi
Pandit G. P. Wickramarachchi.
Born
Gabriyal Perera Wickramarachchi

(1889-09-28)28 September 1889
Nadungamuwa Gampaha
Died29 March 1975(1975-03-29) (aged 85)
NationalityCeylonese
Other namesGampaha Veda Mahatthaya
Loku Ralahami
Panditha Ralahami
Loku Veda Mahatthaya
Vayidiya Chakravarti
Ayurveda Raja Vayidiya
Ayurveda Chakravarti
Alma materHenegama Government School
Uttharamulla Pirivena
Vidyodaya Pirivena
Jamini Bhushan Ray Ashtanga Ayurvedic Vidyalaya
OccupationAyurveda practitioner
SpouseAdhikari Appuhamilage Sumanawathi Jayasundara
Children1 son and 3 daughters
Parents
  • Velum Perera Wickramarachchi (father)
  • Sara Nona Dharmawathi (mother)

Senator Gabriyal Perera Wickramarachchi (Sinhala: ජී. පී. වික්‍රමආරච්චි; 28 September 1889 – 29 March 1975) also known as Ayurveda Chakravarti Pandit Wickramarachchi was a distinguished eminent Ceylonese Ayurveda practitioner, author, linguist, senator, notary, lecturer and a philanthropist who founded Gampaha Siddhayurveda Vidyalaya which later became Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute of University of Kelaniya. He was a member of the Senate of Ceylon from 1957 to 1960.